New York - Rolls-Royce increases the inspection frequency of Trent 1000 "Package C" engines to a monthly interval due to the recent problems reported by the clients. Operators also need to be prepared for route planning restrictions. (airlinerwatch.com) עוד...

Initially, Boeing wasn’t diverting engines from the production lines to airlines with aircraft on the ground (AOG), airlines complained to LNC. One airline contrasted Boeing’s action to Airbus, which directed Pratt & Whitney to divert new production Geared Turbo Fan engines to customers with AOG instead of to the production lines. A320neos litter the Toulouse (and probably Hamburg) airport with engineless A320neos.

Manufactures will lie to sell their goods. Some more, some little, eventually some get the lies discovered.Sometimes you get a small slap (ETOPS downgrade) sometimes a bigger one (see WV buy back of millions of 4 cylinder diesel-powered cars in USA).

Also, when I have the option, I always choose to fly the good ol' 747 in transatlantic flights (I do fly a lot of those, for work and personal). I don't trust ETOPS based on "engine reliability numbers", I trust the ones based on sheer redundancy (number of engines).

As an inspector (pressure equipment and structural and some aviation type), you would be surprised how often companies and foreman say things are ready for QA inspection when there hasn't even been any QC inspection. They want stuff signed off in 30 minutes when nothing is ready.